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Millions to receive NHS screening invitations and appointment reminders on their phones

Over the next three years, the NHS app will be the primary way patients receive notifications about their appointments, health screenings, and laboratory outcomes via their smartphones.
This shift from letters and phone calls to digital notifications aims to reduce about 50 million letters sent annually and save the NHS £200 million.
The NHS app, launched in December 2018 and now used in 87% of English hospitals, will send an expected 270 million messages this year, including Amazon-style prescription tracking.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the updates make NHS access as convenient as online banking, adding that over 20 million people already opt in to app notifications monthly.
The digital transformation aims to reduce missed appointments—eight million in 2023/24—and free phone lines, supporting better patient control and NHS cost savings.

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The Independent (US)

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NHS app to become new ‘front door’ for appointments, screenings and test results

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones

17 hours ago·United States

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ITV

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NHS app to become default source for appointments, screenings ...

18 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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Bristol Post

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Millions will no longer get NHS letters as 'everything' will be done on app

The NHS app on your phone is to become the default way to communicate about appointments and test results

19 hours ago·Bristol, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

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NHS app to become default source for appointments, screenings and test results

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones within the next three years.

19 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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LBC

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Millions more patients to receive screening invites and appointment reminders on NHS app

Millions more patients are set to receive appointment reminders, screening invitations, and test on their smartphones via the NHS app.

19 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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iNews

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NHS app rollout - what it means for your healthcare

Millions of patients will receive test results, book appointments and order prescriptions via their phones under a massive revamp and rollout of the NHS App, which is set to become “the front door to the health service”.The £50m upgrade is part of a long-awaited 10-year plan for the health service which aims to modernise and streamline the NHS.The NHS app will become the first port of call for patients to interact with the health service in a bi…

22 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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